Weblog entry — 2003-04-25 11:54:48

They rarely reboot Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6.0 —
perhaps a tenth as often as Windows 2000 Server with IIS 5.0,
they estimate. "We're seeing crazy uptime numbers now, like three
months, six months. I fully expect we'll see a year of uptime when Windows
Server 2003 is finished," Stucky says.

"Crazy uptimes" indeed. Crazy because it can't be a well
patched and maintained box that is up for so long, regardless of operating
system. Besides "availability" is a far more relevant thing to measure, but
don't expect Microsofts average customer to figure that one out for another
5 years.

Jeff Stucky is the senior systems engineer on the microsoft.com
operations team. He must have some clue, though it isn't evident
from the above.